<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I just read the New York Times piece on McCarthy, which strikes me as unfair to the point that I feel a need to share with our group.</span></div><div><span>Though in my work I mostly deal with the international scientific persona of McCarthy, namely Algol and his Soviet connections, even the American part of the story, or to quote "the arc of modern computing" seems to be totally misrepresented as a teleological drive toward the California born pc. <br></span></div><div><span>A larger question to ask: where is the place for a [good] computer history in public sphere?</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>ksenia<br></span></div><div><span> <br></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new
york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">De :</span></b> "Ceruzzi, Paul" <CeruzziP@si.edu><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> "members@sigcis.org" <members@sigcis.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> Lundi 24 Octobre 2011 18h11<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> [SIGCIS-Members] John McCarthy<br></font><br>Just got word, unconfirmed, that John McCarthy passed away today. The news is appearing in several places on the Internet. <br><br>Lots of passing and transitions this fall.<br><br>Paul E. Ceruzzi<br>Chair, Division of Space History<br>National Air & Space Museum<br>MRC 311; PO Box 37012<br>Washington, DC 20013-7012<br>202-633-2414 <br><<a href="http://www.nasm.si.edu/staffDetail.cfm?staffID=24" target="_blank">http://www.nasm.si.edu/staffDetail.cfm?staffID=24</a>>
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